It probably won’t take any longer for a brick-and-mortar book store to get the artbook, and you’ll also be supporting a local business. If you’re not a fan of online ordering, you should be able to walk into most book stores and ask them to order the artbook for you. Here are some places where you can order the Ōkami artbook – titled “Ōkami Official Complete Works”, and also some insightful links to more information and reviews: Buying the Ōkami Artbook Locally Ōkami Artbook: Clover Studio Magic tricks can be very nice, but when buying an artbook, one is allowed to expect actual behind-the-scenes reality and substance: The Ōkami artbook contains such genuine substance.

Bunny in hat trickĪrtbooks can easily make it appear as though the finished product had magically and perfectly materialised overnight, almost as if that artbook had been written by seventeen or more impersonal lawyers with frowns on their faces – thankfully notin this case. It appears as though Ōkami’s creators were genuinely proud of their achievement, and didn’t want to tarnish their work with unauthentic marketing-only-speak.

The artbook has a candid and open approach, revealing the thought processes involved in creating the finished product! The Ōkami artbook – even for people who aren’t fans of video games – provides a valuable insight into developing characters and settings. Ōkami artbook, candid notes: Clover Studio Quite commonly when people receive their new copy, they’ll happily show it off at their places of choice on the Internet, as (besides being beautiful) the artbook is not always easy to get new either.Īlso available, are some Japanese comic books (not made by Ōkami’s original creators) which can only be ordered directly from Japanese online stores. This (original Japanese and later English translated) artbook is difficult to find second-hand.

The artbook addresses the reader directly, divided into “if the story were real” and “making of the story” sections, with personal messages to the fans by then Clover Studio’s president/CEO (Atsushi Inaba) and director (Hideki Kamiya). Ōkami artbook, English: Clover Studioįull of early concept drawings, paintings and artist’s notes, this artbook offers an impressive insight into the sheer scale of the work that created one of the most unique video games ever made. With Ōkami being such an impressively artistic video game, created in a style reminiscent of classic Japanese watercolour paintings, it’s no surprise for the official art book to also be artistically rich – spanning 288 pages.

The Ōkami Artbook and Comics Ōkami artbook, Japanese: Clover S.

Okami Official Complete Works by Capcom